Democrats are scrambling to find a replacement candidate in what they see as must-win race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Maine Democrats are already jockeying to replace Senate candidate Graham Platner. Gobs of Democrats have called for Platner to drop out of the race after POLITICO reported that a woman who he dated said he forced her to have sex with him.

Sen. Bernie Sanders has personally urged Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop out of the race after a sexual assault allegation.

Graham Platner announced Wednesday that he is dropping out of the Maine Senate race after an ex-girlfriend accused him of rape. He denied the allegation. (Credit: Graham Platner via X)

Weeks after Sen. Mitch McConnell was hospitalized for reasons that have not been disclosed, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling for answers.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is asking Mitch McConnell for an update on his health and whether he believes he can continue to serve in the role.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear formally requested an update from Sen. Mitch McConnell amid a weekslong hospitalization that has prompted growing speculation about his health.

What they're saying: "Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the health and well-being of Sen. McConnell," Beshear wrote. "As Governor a

Carroll accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s, which he denied, and subsequently filed two civil lawsuits against him. He is appealing the order.

E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Donald Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack,

New York ― Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump have asked a federal judge not to authorize a disbursement of a multi-million dollar damages award to magazine writer E. Jean Carroll to satisfy a 2023 civil verdict in which a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.

A judge has ordered the release of President Donald Trump’s over $5 million payment to former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll after a jury found that he sexually abused and defamed her. CNN’S Kara Scannell reports.

President Trump said he plans to ask the Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case in a long-shot bid for the decision to be reversed.

U.S. ⁠President Donald ​Trump ‌said on ‌Wednesday ⁠that he ⁠will ask the ​U.S. Supreme ​Court to ⁠rehear a ⁠case ⁠challenging birthright ​citizenship. The U.S. Supreme ​Court ⁠last ⁠month rejected Trump's attempt to ⁠restrict birthright citizenship in the United States.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his legal team will “immediately” seek a rehearing before the Supreme Court on his efforts to overhaul birthright citizenship after a majority of justices ruled the White House’s executive order on the matter was unconstitutional.

President Trump’s push to pass a new law to restrict birthright citizenship is creating new headaches for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who must navigate GOP divisions over the issue.

Trump said after the latest round of strikes between the United States and Iran that he considers the ceasefire between the two nations to be over.

President Trump says the ceasefire deal is "over" and announces another wave of U.S. airstrikes on Iran. The U.S. military says these attacks are a direct response to Iranian attacks on the Strait of Hormuz.

Heading into this week's NATO summit, the big agenda item was the future of the defense alliance and how President Trump would engage with it.But on Tuesday, the US struck Iran dozens of times, with President Trump saying that the ceasefire between the US and Iran is "over.

At NATO ’s summit in Turkey Mr Trump said he would “cut off” all American trade with Spain, calling it a “terrible partner” because of its low defence spending. Mr Trump had earlier alarmed allies by reviving his suggestion that America seize Greenland,

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right political party, launched her fourth bid for the presidency on Wednesday. Her campaign rally comes a day after a court upheld her embezzlement conviction and shortened a ban on her eligibility to run for public office.

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.

Le Pen is now eligible to run in the forthcoming election, but would have to do so wearing an electronic tag, something she has previously ruled out.

In launching her fourth bid for the French presidency, just hours after judges cleared her to run, Marine Le Pen portrayed herself as a fighter who had defied the ​odds to overcome a months-long legal battle that threatened to end her political ambitions.